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The Greens are at best politically immature.
Their base is "petty-bourgeois in nature and reactionary.
Nader union busting 2000 campaign was endorsed by everyone from "Daddy" Bush to the
"candidate".
He was nowhere to be found during the California energy crisis !
The events 11 September 2001 have given rise to new day in America.
Budgets will now be cut to the barebone.
The people of New York want to extend the Mayor' team.
This is the time for real leadership and not on job training !
m a al-Kabir
Uptown
David Strand wrote:
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> As a liscensed stock broker and a Green I take great
> exception to the idea that Greens, Green ideals and
> politicians are a threat to the local business
> climate. I would posit that the inverse is true!
>
> First of all, a municipal utility reliant on
> renewables and increased use of renewables and
> environmentally and energy conserving design in our
> public buildings will result in great savings for
> years to come. A recent federal study found that the
> average school spent 6 times as much money on energy
> than they do on all school supplies for students and
> teachers. A federal bill was introduced as a result
> that would make grants available to school districts
> to implement environmentally friendly design and use
> of renewables in new school buildings.
>
> Secondly, the only municipalities of California that
> did not suffer the energy shortages there over the
> past year were those with municipally controlled
> energy sources. Energy in our high tech economy has
> become as necessary as water to our day to day lives
> and the function of our businesses.
>
> Thirdly, the technology is now available in affordable
> formats. Fuel cell technology, solar, wind, and
> environmentally responsible hydro development(not
> wreaking the environmental and cultural devastation of
> the Manitoba hydro projects) has become very
> competitive.
>
> I think our posterity will be grateful to live in a
> place that had the foresight to deal with these large
> problems much as we are grateful to our predecessors
> for establishing the independent Park Board assuring
> the continued support of our park system. Where would
> you rather your children live? In a city that
> incorporated clean and wise energy investments sooner
> rather than later?
>
> Furthermore, the Greens are very friendly to small
> business and several of our city council candidates
> have put forward proposals that will help small
> business people in the city.
>
> I think the Greens stand against "corporate welfare"
> is a principled one. As one stock trader I worked
> with last fall said "I'm voting for Nader. I work
> with stocks all day and I know corporations have too
> much power over driving our governmental policy."
> Corporate benefit does not equal business benefit or
> community benefit. The two may at times coincide but
> our policy at many levels of government have become
> too driven by the interests of the few over that of
> the many.
>
> There are corporations in this town that have a long
> history of supporting charity and doing great things
> for the community. We keep the Minneapolis business
> climate hot by maintaining the health and welfare of
> it's citizens, environment, and other quality of life
> issues. This is how Mpls will continue to be a great
> place to live- and thus- do business, not by giving
> handouts to every corporation that wants to create non
> living wage jobs.
>
> Thanks, David Strand
> Loring Park
> Ward 7
>
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